Rathbone Square, Fitzrovia, London W1, United Kingdom

Rathbone Square is a new development of meticulously crafted apartments, seamlessly stitched into the heart of London.

The development comprises two orthogonally-aligned ‘L’-shaped blocks arranged around a large, beautifully landscaped garden. Comprising six to eight floors plus three basement levels, the blocks are split into two uses; the offices are located along the south side of the site close to Oxford Street, while the residential block is located to the north and west near the quieter Fitzrovia neighbourhood.

All facades have active street frontages and each has its own character, responding to environmental, contextual and internal constraints, with the office, residential and retail uses clearly identified through changes in scale, material and detail. A balance of solid and glazed areas of facade provides high levels of insulation, while ensuring good levels of daylight and reduced solar gain

Founded in 1959, Great Portland Estates plc is a property investment and development company focused on central London real estate. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The firm switched to Real Estate Investment Trust status when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. The majority of the company’s portfolio is in the West End with the remainder in the City, Midtown and Southwark. The largest group of properties is in the Marylebone district of central London just to the north of Oxford Street, in and around Great Portland Street. It manages its property portfolio in-house, including asset management, leasing and development management. Its sources of debt funding include both secured and unsecured, and include the public, private and bank markets. The Company is based in London and the great majority of its assets are in London. GPE is known mainly as a commercial developer, although they have recently taken on more residential projects.